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With clear indications that a new transit proposal is working its way through city council offices and gathering support, Mayor Rob Ford set the stage for a face-off over putting tracks down the middle of suburban Eglinton Avenue

In a new column called Information Booth, the National Post will answer questions about unusual sights, curiosities and other oddities in the City of Toronto. Question: Why does the subway slow to a crawl between Summerhill and St. Clair stations? Answer: They call it the “Summerhill Slowdown.” The Toronto subway will be humming southbound along […]

COMMENT Keele Street, north of Finch Avenue West, is a forest these days of caisson drilling rigs. Traffic is down to one lane in each direction; on the rest of the road, amid mud and clay, stand dozens of these machines — Bauer BG-30s and Liebherrs — many of them brand-new and painted school-bus yellow. […]

Car and transit traffic was snarled for more than an hour Thursday afternoon as police shut down a large section of Yonge Street as they combed a subway train for a non-existent suspicious package. “Nothing was ever found,” said Cst. Victor Quong, spokesperson for the Toronto Police At 2:22 pm, a passenger told a TTC […]

It’s been more than 24 hours since the last examination of Toronto’s chronic traffic congestion, so perhaps this weekend will provide some data for the next one. A quick look at why this weekend might be best spent on the couch at home: • The Don Valley Parkway will be closed in both directions from […]

When commuters at Finch Station stepped aboard the Toronto Rocket on Tuesday, they were met with the foul odour of spray paint and an obscenity directed at Mayor Rob Ford plastered across the interior. TTC officials quickly cleared out the train and whisked it 32 stations away to Wilson, where cleaning crews got to work […]

Comment There are times when it’s nice to see a politician stick with a promise through tough times, on the theory that a promise is, after all, a promise. There are times when it’s not so nice — notably, if the promise has proven unwise in light of subsequent events or new information. And then […]

Mayor Rob Ford insists his prized Sheppard subway extension will be built, but he needs the provincial government to put up $650-million sooner, rather than later, to help make it happen. Mr. Ford issued his plea to “accelerate” provincial funding in order to nail down money from Ottawa during a closed-door meeting with Premier Dalton […]